Kuno zu Rantzau (diplomat)
Kuno Otto Heinrich Hermann Karl Graf zu Rantzau , also Cuno (born March 10, 1843 in Wiesbaden , † November 26, 1917 in Dobersdorf ) was a German diplomat and Otto von Bismarck's son-in-law .
Life
Kuno zu Rantzau came from the house of Oppendorf of the Schleswig-Holstein Equites Originarii family of Rantzau . He was a son of Christian Wilhelm Heinrich zu Rantzau (1796-1848) on Oppendorf and grandson of Christian Detlev Karl zu Rantzau . Christian Karl zu Rantzau and Heinrich Adalbert zu Rantzau were his brothers.
Kuno zu Rantzau initially struck the officer career , but retired as a cavalry officer from active military service and devoted himself to the diplomatic career.
With Gisbert von Bonin , Ernst von Werthern and Konrad Fiedler he became active in the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg in 1862 . In 1878 he married Countess Marie von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1848–1926), Bismarck's daughter. In the same year he became legation councilor in the Foreign Office and a close collaborator of his father-in-law. From 1888 to 1891 he was the Prussian envoy in Munich , from 1891 to 1895 he was the imperial German envoy in The Hague .
After his retirement in 1895 he was given the character of Real Privy Councilor and lived in Friedrichsruh and on Gut Dobersdorf near Kiel.
literature
- Bernhard Ebneth: Rantzau. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 148 ( digitized version ). Family item.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 69 , 638.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rantzau, Kuno too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rantzau, Kuno Otto Heinrich Hermann Karl Graf zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1917 |
| Place of death | Dobersdorf |